Leon Valley Commissioner Meeting

Saturday, March 31, 2007

09:00 Saturday

Welcome and Introductions

  Objectives of Meeting

• Review Status of Commissioner Staff
• Re-charter and Service
• Brainstorm and Identify Potential Commissioners
• Regular Meeting Schedule with Monthly Training
• Health Status of Units and Identify immediate needs

   Commissioner Staff Recruits

• Dropped Leader lists
• Friends and associates
• COR Letter for UC Volunteer

 Re-chartering

• UCRS (Unit Charter Renewal Status)

 Unit Health

• Unit Self Assessments
• Commissioner Health Speculation
• Commissioner Monthly Unit Visit Reports
• UC Monthly Visit Reports

  Other Business

 *LDS Commissioner Service Plan

*Contact list with 2-3 leaders for each Unit in the District.

*Cub Scout Day Camp POC is Brenda Kidd

**April is YOUTH PROTECTION MONTH—Make sure your Units are currently trained.

Centennial Unit Awards- per the Council Commissioner---If Units have not completed their Cent. Unit Award, please work with the Units towards completion. The Council does not want a Unit to go without this being complete and is giving us more time.  (Measuring stick for Quality Unit) Provide copies of these forms with the appropriate signatures in order for the DE or myself for turn-in at the Council (Centennial Unit Award soon to be available on-line)

Unit Self-Assessment- Per Council, this form needs to be completed before the Cent. Unit award and turned in with the CU Award Application. Please be sure to complete these forms, make a copy for yourself, the Unit, and the Council.  Be sure to formulate an “action plan” for each Unit.

Adult members not renewed- Contact these people to inquire as to why they left scouting. During this contact, ask if they would consider working on the Commissioner Staff.

Webelos-to-Scout Transition- Information needed is: name, unit, time to transition. This may have happened at the Packs Blue & Gold ceremony. If the transition has not been completed yet, please be sure to let the DC know as soon as the information is available.

Philmont Training for experienced Commissioners -- August 5-11; other Commissioner

Training—June 24-30 and July 29- August 4

Longhorn College of Commissioner Science will be 04 Aug 2007

Commissioner Interest at National Level:

*Commissioner Fast Start is being developed for on-line usage.

*District Operations Game (DVD)

*Council Board Orientation—interactive DVD out by May 2007

*National Commissioners website has Podcasts available with extensive information       which all Commissioners can utilize.

*National is re-writing all Commissioner Materials.

Leon Valley DC email – leonvalleydistrictcommissioner@hotmail.com

Leon Valley Commissioner Blog- http://leonvalleydistrictcomm.spaces.live.com/

**This information will be on the blog and emailed to each Commissioner. Please be sure to acknowledge/respond to my emails.

Re-Charters:  Those Re-Charters which are due in March please be sure to turn your packet into the DE – Sean Vandercook. Have your Commissioner review your packet prior turn-in if possible.

 **Remember your Re-Charter is not complete until the packet with funds is turned into the Council. If your Re-Charter is late you unit will not qualify for “Quality Unit.” The “Electronic Portion” does not complete the process.

Centennial Unit Award: If you have not completed this form, we have until the 27 March 2007 to complete and turn into Council. (UC and/or DC)

Unit Assessment Form: Each Unit must complete this form. Upon completion, please be sure to contact your Commissioner or the District Commissioner if you have no UC. Contact my email address and I can email you the appropriate form.

Units, Meeting Place, and POC’s: Please be sure to look the pages over and replace incorrect information with the correct information. Be sure to add a “working” email address which will be used by the District to insure information is getting to Units. We would prefer 3 different leaders email addresses.

The Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner is looking for VOLUNTEERS to be part of her “RT Team.”  Your RT will succeed with greater participation. KISSMF!

If you know anyone who can VOLUNTEER time as a Unit Commissioner, please contact me and I will call them.

The Hood Howdy went well. According to Art Juno, Leon Valley District Chairman, we had more inquiries than previous Hood Howdy’s he was part of.

20-22 April is “National & Global Youth Service Day” – BSA is a National Service Partner – see www.goodturnforamerica.org

April is “Youth Protection Month” – Ensure Unit Adult Leaders (others also) take the on-line Youth Protection Training offered at http://olc.scouting.org